Nigeria, Sept. 15 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday called for the inclusion of human rights in the national climate change policy.

Tony Ojukwu, the commission's executive secretary, made the call at a workshop organised by the Danish Institute of Human Rights (DIHR) and the NHRC.

"The National Policy on climate change should have human rights mainstreamed into it, because if that is not done, there is going to be a gap. The government will be working hard, but the full impact on the lives of the people will not be taken into consideration," Mr Ojukwu said, as he recommended that "the national policy of climate change must be reviewed to have human rights mainstreamed into it so that the policy will protect the l...